Hi, >> I'd go for clipping rather than asserting too (no crash) in all layers >> as a defensive approach (console.c/vnc.c). > > Won't that be an unnecessary slowdown?
Thats why I tend to prefer assert for additional sanity checks. They help finding bugs, but can optionally be compiled out. But adding new asserts just before a release isn't the smartest move indeed, maybe clip now and turn the checks into asserts once 1.3 is out of the door. cheers, Gerd